Subject: AFGHANISTAN: 6/8 Reception on Aghanistan's Future Economic Development and Regional Integration with remarks by the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 16:59:56 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding is pleased to announce a reception on

Afghanistan's Future Economic Development and Regional Integration

with Remarks by

The Honorable Thomas R. Nides
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

and the participation of

Senior Officials and Afghanistan experts from the
U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense,
U.S. Agency for International Development and
Inter-agency Community

Date:  Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Time:  5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Washington, D.C.

Reception Description

The reception will follow a U.S. Government-only conference sponsored by the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (S/SRAP) and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which brings together U.S. Government leaders from across the inter-agency to review and prioritize infrastructure projects for Afghanistan's future economic development and regional integration.  A senior leader session will close the conference on June 8.  Following the conference, senior leaders from State, Defense, USAID, and other agencies will join private sector participants at 5:30 p.m. to encourage private sector investment in Afghanistan.  Deputy Secretary Thomas Nides will give opening remarks at the reception.

For more information on participation please contact Meghan Hagberg via email, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>, or at tel. 212-490-0460.